Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-08-13

USE OF PAPER IN BUILDING.
| Il Can be Welded, ssamped, Cut, Nailed,
and EASILY Handled.
Following are extracts from papers read at re-
cent meetings Of the Illinois state Association OF
Architects on the present and prospective uses OF
| paper as material for building, finishing, and
| decorating purposes:
When the model cheap house shall be nnally
evolved 1t Is probable that paper will enter largely
intoi its construction. We already use the mate
| r1al FOR outside weathering and for insulation
within. 1t has become standard wall decoration
In the house 1t often keeps out the cold OF winter
and the heat OF summer. In floors 1t cuts OF the
passage OF sound, and no material better serves
for ice-room Walls
| II the fastest passenger trains thunder across
winds ana changes OF temperature, why may not
the same material easily lend itself to use ID the
construction OF our houses? While already used
ior Sizing, 1t seems not TO have been thought Of
Ior shingles doortngs, architraves and many kinds
" Sonstruenve ornaments It wiz stand the
cumate under even the severeSt tests, and will
scarcely heed painting more than pine and 1t can
be DECORATED TO the designers fancy. 4 can be
easily than any material we now have.
AS IN exterior use, so within; each part may be
or Ornamental in relief the bases the archi1raves
| made OF paper. Recent accounts have been re-
doors and complete piano cases The material for
thst pulpose y very highly spoken OF Remember
for ornament or preservation.
Economically considered, the free use Of paper
ior lining wallis and the double thickness OF glass
dividends In the saving OF fuel. One architect
Claims FOR an S-inch wall, properly lined with
paper, greater resistance to the cold or winter
ana Tue heat OF summer than Is usually obtained
from wall built 16 inches in the old method.
, Another speaker. in prophesying the future de-
that we class great variety OF substances under
the general name OF paper, but mis- main idea Is
srh meHDe sheet made OF vegetable or other fiber,
WHICH mas been reduced to pulp and then spread
tiles are:
L. Continuity OF surface 1t can be made in rolls
or almost any width and length. 1t is flexible or
Dy giuing several layers together may be made
stln II WIN stop the passage Of air because there
A. has no grain like wood, and will not split.
8; ~ Is not anected by change OF temperature
nos nehce mas an advantage over sheet metal as
4 Whereas in It's natural condition 1t is affected
W moisture IL may be rendered waterproof by
slturating with asphalt or by q variety Of other
Treatments
IS, II is non-resonant and well-itted to prevent
The passage or sound,
T. II Is non-conductor Of heat.
| ,,I. IL can he made OF incombustible material,
IKE asbestos or rendered nre-resisting by chemi-
We can therefore produce large sheets either
nexlole or stff, that will not conduct sound neat
VI co.o and That will prevent the passage OF air,
moisture und fire.
Paper pulp is now made of such a variety OF
substances each with its special Qualities that 1t
| Is reasonable to suppose that We have not yet
reached by any means the limits OF its usefulness
as building material.
BY combining paper with other substances and
sohdAy Ing The uIas, by pressure We may produce
a material that will replace wood for MANY pur-
poses, and the ease with which 1t may be made
not Warp or shrink from heat cold or dampneSs
Indicates the superiority OF this material
Inc Sohnerclli success OF the paper cottage will
uepcnu upon the discovery OF some very cheap ma
terldl for the pulp, and also a cheap proces, for
compactins the same and rendering Ii waterproof
IL would seem That there was wood enough IN Inc
country TO make cheap pulp, but no compound has
YET ueen placed upon the market that will fully
Meet the above conditions. 1t is 10 the line or
ARTIFICIAL Ingenuity anu inventive skill and Will
NO doubt soon reach a practical stage
Paper may be used for Tie ucaieninp OF floors
Inc CARING up OF matched nOorng When applied
10 wet mortar has Its disadvantages and Wnen
buildings must be finished In IA hurry the MASSAGE
oi sound may Dc slipped by paper. perhaps com
Dlned with niner.n wool, Witnuut Introducing
moisture into building already too dams.
Architects, In the attempt to STOP the passage. of
sound through floors and PARTITIONS, try mortar
anu plaster, SIND, ashes, and concrete between
Joints and on the top or them paper and ret min
eral WOOL air Spaces Sc: but VINO can tcI now
10 stop the most sound for the least money?
Another architect suggests that sonnet hing NAV
Oe pulit In the roiipWlng manner: The frames or
tne houses TO be OF woud the siding to he OF build
Ing paper laid 10 break joints and weather tue
lower edges to be cut into scaIiops waving lines or
other shapes TO suit. Around The opening, the,
paper 10 laSten into rabbits and the joints To De
mi1e tight. The roof Is to be made much the
same way, leaving the effect OF tiles shingles or
whatever the Designer may choose. Cutters, eX-
terror arcnltravSa or other parts, may be slammed
or lnoiued In pa!>er-lnacue some Tor ornaments
and details around pOrcnes, bay-windows or to
ornament exterior features Tie entire exterior
may De either finished with spar-varnish Or OF her
paint, TO III Ike The same imperyiOus 10 weather
and TO decorate at The same time
Inc interior features even the Ais and ceilings
OF mouse, TO be much the Same as the OUT side
ana decorated much In tho same Way. The floors
thus may oe III de or stiff pE,tebOard where car
pets are used ana 1t Is possible even 10 leave Them
Uafe, IL nnlSlod With some spaT-yarnlsn or other
pre- paratlon hard enough to preserve them from
the ABOVE may lie done now and PROBABLY at 81
wing over the usual methods. or course the
prac apple ,tlon requires careful and Thought
ADJ llVcoioatiul, but perhaps Lnef, NAV i,s no
u ed o. new material Or condition not Already cose
at nand. lt may not b. possible 10 make the ,a,h
stilrs or blinds OF paper at present al aOu rh il
would seen 10 DE an easy problem TO solve.
Paper Is practicable iOr all paris OF a house
except the to-iStruc,ionai details. house thu,
oulI can oeerectei quicker. Gle Iper and Ia more
ceunlF naner, tnd moreover ii, ter to live in "a
account OF The aOsenue vi moisture The DECORATORS
nave airc@1y SHOWN that there Is more Value tnln
the CONSTITUTIONAL One, and artists and architects
are Obtaining Some fine Results
NHth Pap IN Ill come into general II e there
WI pc no more 81 lnh age, no more abuse OF ar,n-
IL. cIa Iir oad work, 0r Mechanics In tue way OF
Imperfect IILS. There viii DO no more IIpiy
al. NOES or Otner usual wood alnoyances. The
Viii be no more patching Oh deafenlng or trouD,e
Arising from The vel no0r and wis